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Meta-Analysis
. 2016 Sep 6;7(36):58569-58578.
doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.10707.

Clinical utility of microRNA-378 as early diagnostic biomarker of human cancers: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test

Zhan-Zhan Li  1 , Liang-Fang Shen  1 , Yan-Yan Li  2 , Peng Chen  3 , Li-Zhang Chen  4
Affiliations
Meta-Analysis

Clinical utility of microRNA-378 as early diagnostic biomarker of human cancers: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test

Zhan-Zhan Li et al. Oncotarget. .

Abstract

A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic value of miR-378 for detecting human cancers. Systematic electronic searches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang from the inception to January 15, 2016. We used the bivariate mixed effects models to estimate the combined sensitivity, specificity, PLRs (positive likelihood ratios), NLR (negative likelihood ratios), DORs (diagnostic odds ratios) and their 95% CI (confidence intervals) for assessing the diagnostic performance of miR-378 for cancers. Twelve studies were included in the meta-analysis, with a total number of 1172 cancer patients and 809 health controls. The overall estimated sensitivity and specificity were 0.75 and 0.74. The pooled PLR was 2.91, NLR was 0.34, DOR was 8.50, and AUC (Area Under the Curve) was 0.81. The subgroup analyses suggested that AUC for plasma-based is higher than serum-based. The overall diagnostic values of miR-378 in the present meta-analyses are moderate accurate for human cancers; The source of specimen has an effect on the diagnostic accuracy. The diagnostic value of serum-based was higher than that of plasma-based.

Keywords: cancer; early diagnosis; meta-analysis; microRNA-378; tumor marker.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1. Flow diagram of studies selection process
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Figure 2. Fagan diagram evaluating the overall diagnostic value of miR-378 for cancer
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Figure 3. The SROC curve of miR-378 test for the diagnosis of various cancers
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Figure 4. The SROC curve of miR-378 test for the diagnosis of various cancers (A) SROC curve of serum-based; (B) SROC curve of plasma-based)
Figure 5
Figure 5. Deek's funnel plot to evaluate the publication bias
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